@Le Comte de Monte Cristo &
@howlingwolf
I agree with your opinions about the sophisticated grifters & stated this earlier but discovered my account suddenly got blocked (here) so I deleted it & created another one.
@T Rex said:
I don't quite know when it became a "society of grifters", but YouTube and Patreon have segued so many into this lifestyle. Don't even get me started on "Influencers".
I notice the difference in the Ytube community. There are grifters (ebeggars) & there are those who use the platform to create businesses (gaming, marketing advertising, brand ambassadors etc.). Most of the influencers & gamers I know do not beg for money from viewers, they are sponsored by companies. They use their SM platforms (instagram, Ytube etc) to create a profile & build a brand for business connections. Lets use the 2 ytubers who bought the same Indian Pergola (Pagoda?) at CFS as examples Josie & SJ. Josie created her ytube channel 5 years before SJ. Her views are lower than SJ's (& some of the other grifters) yet she doesn't beg for money from viewers she has used her YT platform to work with brands & companies, that's how she gets extra money. There are so many like her. Tattles friend Nicholas Fair...... is also in the non grifter category. Both types of Ytubers irritate some viewers. We know why the grifters are critcised, they are greedy beggars who want to live a lifestyle they can' t afford. The influencers are criticised for being lazy show offs who need to get a proper job but I know which one I prefer (& support) & it's not the greedy grifters. I think Advertising & Marketing is a job which the influencers do.
Also SJ lies about the upgrades & special treatments she gets when she visits places. I think she is the one who approaches these people for special treatment using her YTube status. Other ytubers visited the same places that she did at CFS London even though she claimed she was let in because she was recognised. She also acts as if she can't control desperate fans who want to send her gifts. Here's a screenshot of a message a ytuber left on her video page when her fans wanted to send her baby gifts (years ago).